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can speaker boehner give the president what he wants and can the president give speaker boehner what he? maybe separately. >> we will continue to talk about this. i'll be honest with you. if the president could raise the debt ceiling, would you not have 75 different times when president goes to congress to raise the debt ceiling. there have been a lot of fights. don't go away, guys. remember when washington united to prevent financial catastrophe? >> there is a spirit of cooperation with democrats and republicans and congress and this administration. >> imagine that? that was the good old days. i'll show you exactly how a debt ceiling disaster could change your life. that's next. this is your first time missing a payment. and you've got the it card, so we won't hike up your apr for paying late. that's great! it is great! thank you. at discover, we treat you like you'd treat you. get the it card with late payment forgiveness. wout of landfills each year? plastic waste to cover mt. rainier by using one less trash bag each month, we can. and glad forceflex bags stretch until they're ful
can speaker boehner give the president what he wants and can the president give speaker boehner what he? maybe separately. >> we will continue to talk about this. i'll be honest with you. if the president could raise the debt ceiling, would you not have 75 different times when president goes to congress to raise the debt ceiling. there have been a lot of fights. don't go away, guys. remember when washington united to prevent financial catastrophe? >> there is a spirit of cooperation...
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we're waiting for speaker boehner and other house leadership come out. our cameras are trained live on the flags and members of the media. every day at this time it seems we wait with baited breath. both of the plans in the senate and house will fund the government, obama care included, through january 15th, 2014. remember that date. that was chosen for a specific reason and i'll get to that in a moment. both of the plans would let the government continue to borrow money as well. that would go through february 7th. and the senate plan would require both houses to craft a proper budget. remember the days when we had a proper budget? they'd have to do that at some point in december. the senate plan calls for minor tweaks to the affordable care act and the obama care, but nothing remotely approaching that scrubbing that the house gop was demanding. and if you'll remember, two weeks ago that actually led to the government shutdown. the house plan would actually delay something called the pacemaker tax. that's a tax on medical devices. that's been talked abou
we're waiting for speaker boehner and other house leadership come out. our cameras are trained live on the flags and members of the media. every day at this time it seems we wait with baited breath. both of the plans in the senate and house will fund the government, obama care included, through january 15th, 2014. remember that date. that was chosen for a specific reason and i'll get to that in a moment. both of the plans would let the government continue to borrow money as well. that would go...
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boehner. this story is incredible. it's hard to believe, but it is true. let's go outfront. >>> good evening. we begin with breaking news. dramatic video of the paris attackers moments after the shooting inside the "charlie hebdo" office last week. both the shooters the kouachi brothers and the men filming can be heard on video. the gunmen seen here raising his fingers, shouts we have avenged the prophet muhammad three times. that part of the audio is difficult to hear clearly and confirm for you. we can tell you this then with remarkable calm the shooters reload their weapons as the man filming says to his friend he had nerve. it's pretty shocking to imagine someone sitting here and filming this as opposed to making calls. that's part of the incredible nature of this video. the two start to drive down a narrow road. they are confronted immediately by police car. the police appear to be heavily out gunned. we'll play that part. no one was shooting blanks. the police car quickly backs away. the
boehner. this story is incredible. it's hard to believe, but it is true. let's go outfront. >>> good evening. we begin with breaking news. dramatic video of the paris attackers moments after the shooting inside the "charlie hebdo" office last week. both the shooters the kouachi brothers and the men filming can be heard on video. the gunmen seen here raising his fingers, shouts we have avenged the prophet muhammad three times. that part of the audio is difficult to hear...
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the only movement is the sound of the president talking and house speaker john boehner talking and the woosh of them talking past each other and that's unfortunately about it. that's the truth. there has been a little bit of discussion about what kind of process could probably work to give the president space to have him save face from his line in the sand that he is not going to negotiate on anything, whether the government shutdown or the debt ceiling. a little bit of discussion about what could allow the speaker to save face that he is not going to allow a clean bill on either of the measures to come forward. but when it comes to talking we are not any closer today than we were on friday, saturday or a week ago monday. >> grover, why not allow a clean bill to come up for a vote? republicans say they don't have the -- the democrats don't have the votes to pass it even with republicans going for it. but why not eliminate that talking point? >> the republicans say why not allow the senate to vote on the issue by issue clean cr? the republicans have said are you concerned about national
the only movement is the sound of the president talking and house speaker john boehner talking and the woosh of them talking past each other and that's unfortunately about it. that's the truth. there has been a little bit of discussion about what kind of process could probably work to give the president space to have him save face from his line in the sand that he is not going to negotiate on anything, whether the government shutdown or the debt ceiling. a little bit of discussion about what...
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i talked to a top boehner person who said this is tapping the brakes. this is not killing the thing entirely. and even if they can't get the entire thick done this year, they at least want to try to take the first step to address immigration in 2014. >> if his public argument is our guys don't trust president obama and they don't because they mass a health care law and he makes administrative changes, some of that is true, some is exaggerated, will the trust get greater between now and election day? >> what boehner was trying to do was water down expectations, and he know he wants to do something on immigration, but if it's not going to be comprehensive, what is it? maybe it's a republican version of the dream act. some piecemeal reforms. they will trickle that out -- >> and obama will sign it, by the way. >> the other thing is there's not a ton of urgency to get this done. there's sort of political urgency, right, but this terms of people just rank and file people clamoring for immigration reform, it just isn't there. >> so short-term versus long-term,
i talked to a top boehner person who said this is tapping the brakes. this is not killing the thing entirely. and even if they can't get the entire thick done this year, they at least want to try to take the first step to address immigration in 2014. >> if his public argument is our guys don't trust president obama and they don't because they mass a health care law and he makes administrative changes, some of that is true, some is exaggerated, will the trust get greater between now and...
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boehner has been speaking. here is what the speaker said before he spoke to the president. >> americans expect us to work out our differences. but refuse to go negotiate is an untenable position and, frankly, by refusing to negotiate, harry reid and the president are putting our country on a pretty dangerous path. listen. there has never been a president in our history that did not negotiate over the debt limit. never. >> so what did the president say during that phone conversation? our senior white house correspondent jim atocosta is standing by at the white house. what is the white house saying about the phone call, jim? >> reporter: it's interesting to note, wolf, that the president's phone call to house speaker john boehner came shortly after the remarks from the house speaker earlier this morning. white house officials saying the president essentially told the speaker we are where we are right now, that the president is not going to negotiate larger issues like the budget or health care until this threat o
boehner has been speaking. here is what the speaker said before he spoke to the president. >> americans expect us to work out our differences. but refuse to go negotiate is an untenable position and, frankly, by refusing to negotiate, harry reid and the president are putting our country on a pretty dangerous path. listen. there has never been a president in our history that did not negotiate over the debt limit. never. >> so what did the president say during that phone conversation?...
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coming up next, where do john boehner's loyalties lie? as the end game approaches, will the speaker stand up to the demands of the hard liners in his caucus? coming up. ♪ wow...look at you. i've always tried to give it my best shot. these days i'm living with a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. at first, i took warfarin, but i wondered, "could i up my game?" my doctor told me about eliquis. and three important reasons to take eliquis instead. one, in a clinical trial, eliquis was proven to reduce the risk of stroke better than warfarin. two, eliquis had less major bleeding than warfarin. and three... unlike warfarin, there's no routine blood testing. [ male announcer ] don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. while taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily and it
coming up next, where do john boehner's loyalties lie? as the end game approaches, will the speaker stand up to the demands of the hard liners in his caucus? coming up. ♪ wow...look at you. i've always tried to give it my best shot. these days i'm living with a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. at first, i took warfarin, but i wondered, "could i up my game?" my doctor told me about eliquis. and three important...
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boehner was mean to him at the country club and said boehner is responsible for the ebola virus and authorities essentially looked at the situation, asked him if he had a weapon, he said he had a beretta 83 handgun and found the gun and confiscated for safekeeping. >> to a aweuthorities said that he reached out to boehner's wife. is that true? do we know? >> well yes. it's pretty clear that he has at least tried. hoyt said a lot of things. he's imagined and believes john boehner is the devil and that he, meaning hoyt, is jesus christ. apparently after being questioned from some of the stuff, he had no intention of doing the speaker harm, often poured drinks for boehner. apparently actually wrote an e-mail to the wife of john boehner, debbie boehner and told her that if he wanted to, he could have done something but he didn't. >> appreciate the update. >>> more breaking news tonight. investigators successfully downloading data from the flight data recorder of airasia flight 8501. this comes as divers retrieve, as you know, the other black box, the cockpit voice recorder. both devices
boehner was mean to him at the country club and said boehner is responsible for the ebola virus and authorities essentially looked at the situation, asked him if he had a weapon, he said he had a beretta 83 handgun and found the gun and confiscated for safekeeping. >> to a aweuthorities said that he reached out to boehner's wife. is that true? do we know? >> well yes. it's pretty clear that he has at least tried. hoyt said a lot of things. he's imagined and believes john boehner is...
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harry reid made a deal with john boehner in early september. we're going to take the lower number on the sequester number on the continuing resolution. we hate it. we don't like it. but okay, to get it done. and then the speaker couldn't get the votes. >> and the democrats said to me, the speaker can't deliver a pizza. they're very annoyed with that. >> but he's doing his best. i'm sure he didn't go into his caucus saying, don't let me do this. >> senator let me ask you a question. this has become -- i asked senator durbin about this today, the democrat from illinois, which is house republicans obviously are the ones who started this shutdown. because they said defund obama care or we won't fund the government. and that was just a nonstarter for the senate, a nonstarter for the president. >> yes, everybody knew from the beginning. >> as john boehner said in march which is why in march he said he wasn't going to pursue that strategy. >> john mccain said they never should have promised their constituents they could do it. >> but here we are. and
harry reid made a deal with john boehner in early september. we're going to take the lower number on the sequester number on the continuing resolution. we hate it. we don't like it. but okay, to get it done. and then the speaker couldn't get the votes. >> and the democrats said to me, the speaker can't deliver a pizza. they're very annoyed with that. >> but he's doing his best. i'm sure he didn't go into his caucus saying, don't let me do this. >> senator let me ask you a...
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john boehner didn't have the votes. how you could get a deal in the senate. >> i think basically the leaders of both the house and senate are going to have to lead and come to the middle. you're not going to get the right and left. people basically putting all their special interest ahead of the good of this country we're work about keeping our government open. and fixing the finances of our country. that's what this is about. there's things i don't like about obama care. there's things i don't like about an energy policy. i won't hold this country hostage and have millions of people suffering because of what i like and don't like. i came here to represent the people and do the before the i can for my country and the state of west virginia. i'm going to do that. i hope our leaders will move ahead. you can't worry about those who are looking for a reason to be against something. you better find those of us who are for something. >> up think there's enough of you. >> do i. >> also in the house where john boehner couldn't
john boehner didn't have the votes. how you could get a deal in the senate. >> i think basically the leaders of both the house and senate are going to have to lead and come to the middle. you're not going to get the right and left. people basically putting all their special interest ahead of the good of this country we're work about keeping our government open. and fixing the finances of our country. that's what this is about. there's things i don't like about obama care. there's things i...
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$1.6 trillion in new tax revenue, which probably gives us a bit more context to house speaker john boehner's response to all of this yesterday. >> no substantive progress has been made in the talks between the white house and the house over the last two weeks. >> so, let's not forget here just how close we are to this cliff. cliff day is 32 days away. you might say we're kind of teetering, regardless of what the republicans think, regardless of how loud they may be laughing, the president is awalking. he's taking this pitch on the road, and he is heading as we speak to a suburb in philadelphia to tour a toy factory and give a speech there. but this is not just your average factory. it's not just your average tour. it's not your normal glad-handing here. in fact, the republicans are saying this is just president obama campaigning. they're angry that he's off selling this proposal to the public instead of sitting down at the table with them and negotiating back in washington. it's a great shot, though, to watch marine one take off regardless of how you feel about it. dan lothian gets to watch
$1.6 trillion in new tax revenue, which probably gives us a bit more context to house speaker john boehner's response to all of this yesterday. >> no substantive progress has been made in the talks between the white house and the house over the last two weeks. >> so, let's not forget here just how close we are to this cliff. cliff day is 32 days away. you might say we're kind of teetering, regardless of what the republicans think, regardless of how loud they may be laughing, the...
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and if anybody who's worked with john boehner would be able to tell you that john boehner is an emotional guy is not news. he is somebody who wears his heart on his sleeve. he's somebody who treats staff like family. and is also somebody who's a very committed catholic. seeing all of that really didn't -- i didn't think it was much news. what i did find was news is when john boehner was asked about the historical significance of that moment and saying that this topped all other days that he'd ever had working in the congress. this is somebody who's been there since probably the early '80s. that, i think, had a tremendous -- that made me stop and think. and then when you hear this news today, you recognized the profound impact of the pope addressing the congress had on john boehner. he is at his core an institutionalist. by that, he cares more about the institution of congress than he does about party. and i think his -- this decision today is a reflection of just how important he thinks it is for the institution to move on and to have new leadership. >> but it's interesting time, though,
and if anybody who's worked with john boehner would be able to tell you that john boehner is an emotional guy is not news. he is somebody who wears his heart on his sleeve. he's somebody who treats staff like family. and is also somebody who's a very committed catholic. seeing all of that really didn't -- i didn't think it was much news. what i did find was news is when john boehner was asked about the historical significance of that moment and saying that this topped all other days that he'd...
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john boehner sitting behind him like a cat with no reaction at all. he knows he's be announcing about benjamin netanyahu. >> reporter: safe to say the white house was not pleased. maybe that's the understatement of the week. a white house official said the first they heard of this was not from the israelis it was when they got a heads up from speaker boehner's office because the president was on the road in boise, idaho today. he did tell reporters the white house believes the decision to accept boehner's office was a departure from protocol. the standard procedure in case tliek is like this is a head of state announcing a trip to the white house and asked whether the white house is annoyed, the administration is reserving judgment. the speech comes after the president warned he will veto iran sanctions bill that's passed while negotiations are under way with iran over their nuclear program. the white house is not saying at this point whether the president will meet with netanyahu when he delivers that speech to congress next month. read between the l
john boehner sitting behind him like a cat with no reaction at all. he knows he's be announcing about benjamin netanyahu. >> reporter: safe to say the white house was not pleased. maybe that's the understatement of the week. a white house official said the first they heard of this was not from the israelis it was when they got a heads up from speaker boehner's office because the president was on the road in boise, idaho today. he did tell reporters the white house believes the decision to...
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shouldn't we be clear that this entire matter is in john boehner's hands? >> it's not, david. >> i don't agree with that. >> why? >> first i think there's a failure on three parties. i think the president has failed to lead. absolutely failed to lead. he's the only person that is elected by all the people of the united states. he's the chief executive officer of the united states. secondly i think the republicans made a dumb move. and i've said it publicly. to try to attach the affordable care act to the c.r. that was just downright dumb. thirdly, i think the democratic leadership in the senate has refused to negotiate. so look, there's nobody that's got clean hands here. the american people are disgusted with washington at large, and frankly if there wasn't so much gerrymandering of the house of representatives, you could end up having a major effect on the elections but we've got so much gerrymandering we now have a republic that's not representative of nor responsive to the public. >> do you think that's a false equivalency? >> i think it's a total false
shouldn't we be clear that this entire matter is in john boehner's hands? >> it's not, david. >> i don't agree with that. >> why? >> first i think there's a failure on three parties. i think the president has failed to lead. absolutely failed to lead. he's the only person that is elected by all the people of the united states. he's the chief executive officer of the united states. secondly i think the republicans made a dumb move. and i've said it publicly. to try to...
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a source close to the talks tells cnn that house speaker john boehner is willing to hike taxes on the wealthiest americans. that's something the president says must be included in any plan, but speaker boehner previously called tax increases on top earners a nonstarter. his office says there is no deal. >>> president obama seems set to nominate john kerry as his next secretary of state. united nations ambassador susan rice was the expexed choice, but you remember she pulled her name out of the running because of the controversy over her comments in the wake of the benghazi attacks. the formal announcement could come this week. >>> outgoing secretary of state, hillary clinton, is resting at home after suffering a concussion. she has been battling a stomach virus and fainted. her office said it's not severe, but clinton will be forced to skip her appearance in front of the house foreign relations committee this week. she was expected to testify on thursday about the attack in benghazi, libya, on september 11th. >>> no child should ever have to go through what the children at sandy hook
a source close to the talks tells cnn that house speaker john boehner is willing to hike taxes on the wealthiest americans. that's something the president says must be included in any plan, but speaker boehner previously called tax increases on top earners a nonstarter. his office says there is no deal. >>> president obama seems set to nominate john kerry as his next secretary of state. united nations ambassador susan rice was the expexed choice, but you remember she pulled her name...
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yes it looks like john boehner will take a bill to the full house. and he will not wait for the republicans to give him the green light to go ahead. that's a huge concession on his part. a lot of conservative republicans in the house are not going to be happy about it. it looks also as if in the senate there is some agreement or at least the beginnings of the agreement. we don't know what senator mike lee and senator ted cruz are going to do about this. they might try to run out the clock. that is a potential danger. the stock market looks optimist optimistic. a lot of investors look like we're on a way to a deal. the bond markets are not that optimistic. the interest raise continue to rise. those interest rates are some indication that a lot of lenders to the united states think that things are still very, very risky. >> let me ask you this, while there maybe many who are watching this thinking, thank heavens, we've averted disaster. we've been at this point too often. and this time it's been awfully frightening. has any damage been done even if we
yes it looks like john boehner will take a bill to the full house. and he will not wait for the republicans to give him the green light to go ahead. that's a huge concession on his part. a lot of conservative republicans in the house are not going to be happy about it. it looks also as if in the senate there is some agreement or at least the beginnings of the agreement. we don't know what senator mike lee and senator ted cruz are going to do about this. they might try to run out the clock. that...
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come in on day one and make a stand against boehner? but you're not signing the grover norquist tax pledge. it's hard to read that. >> a bold move on day one to go against speaker boehner. he clearly did it from a position of principle. he took on a republican congressman, ran a great ad, depicting politicians as pigs at the trough. he's got a very anti-establishment message. and to his credit, he says, look, we need to find a way to work against party lines and he's not signing any pledges. that's a hopeful pledge. but i was really struck, not just by his vote, but the dozen or so folks that voted against boehner and how close this came. >> six votes? >> yeah. >> that's pretty incredible. >> erin, we discussed, sources on the hill have been saying for weeks, boehner's safe, boehner's safe, this turned out to be a real nail biter. it does show that boehner's got a real problem holding together his conference. the lessons he takes from it will be fascinating. but the vote revealed the fault lines beneath the republican party. i mean, whe
come in on day one and make a stand against boehner? but you're not signing the grover norquist tax pledge. it's hard to read that. >> a bold move on day one to go against speaker boehner. he clearly did it from a position of principle. he took on a republican congressman, ran a great ad, depicting politicians as pigs at the trough. he's got a very anti-establishment message. and to his credit, he says, look, we need to find a way to work against party lines and he's not signing any...
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top down, jam it down your throat bill on both sides of the aisle and we have barack obama and john boehner lobbying for passage of the same bill but, again, this was all about amnesty. >> in this particular vote, you totally think he made a mistake? >> well, john boehner was kind enough to have a meeting -- a private meeting with me and steve king yesterday afternoon. we offered an alternative to what we eventually voted on. we said let's fund the government for 60 days and at least let us have a vote on defunding the president's illegal amnesty and john boehner wasn't going to have any of it. we had the vote passed last night. >> you're now wrapping up eight years in the house of representatives. what would you say was the most important vote you took. >> the one i took last night. >> the most important? >> it was the most consequential vote because it's a constitutional crisis. remember, amnesty is not a law that congress passed. the president spoke it into existence. he didn't even issue an executive order. he spoke it into existence and congress went along and funded the president's pr
top down, jam it down your throat bill on both sides of the aisle and we have barack obama and john boehner lobbying for passage of the same bill but, again, this was all about amnesty. >> in this particular vote, you totally think he made a mistake? >> well, john boehner was kind enough to have a meeting -- a private meeting with me and steve king yesterday afternoon. we offered an alternative to what we eventually voted on. we said let's fund the government for 60 days and at...
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the president meeting with house speaker john boehner and nancy pelosi. john kerry and chuck hagel head to the senate to make their case before the foreign relations committee. that, a day after the president met with senators john mccain and lindsey graham. mccain saying he supports a limited strike on syria, but only if more is done to arm the rebels there. >>> increasing calls in france for the parliament there to vote on approving military action in syria. now france declassified intelligence showing the regime was behind the deadly attacks. assad told a newspaper they have no real proof they did it. he called the middle east a powder keg and warned if they attack syria, it could lead to a regional war. the military has begun moving soldiers near damascus. the u.n. says more than 2 million people have been displaced by the fighting in syria an eight-fold increase over the last eight months. they are calling what's happening in syria a great tragedy of this century. >>> as dana bash tells us, the administration may face an up hill battle getting lawmak
the president meeting with house speaker john boehner and nancy pelosi. john kerry and chuck hagel head to the senate to make their case before the foreign relations committee. that, a day after the president met with senators john mccain and lindsey graham. mccain saying he supports a limited strike on syria, but only if more is done to arm the rebels there. >>> increasing calls in france for the parliament there to vote on approving military action in syria. now france declassified...
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but i don't think we can overstate how -- what kind of a defining moment this is for speaker boehner. it really is. because he's got some tough decisions to make about how he's going to lead this caucus or how he's going to step back and let the caucus lead him. >> they were going for the republicans, this was not something that he wanted to do with a coalition. he's had a lot of defining moments with this caucus. >> let's talk about a bipartisan coalition. so you will a'll have tea party activiacts activist thas will vote against it but you will have some who say it's too important to the country and the economy. >> the conservatives will say you're not our speaker. >> yeah. i think he could do that. it throws, you know, it gives him 35 to 40 and maybe more, we don't know, folks who will be furious with him because they feel -- and here's why it's difficult. none of them want obama care at this point. none of them want the affordable care act to pass. so they're in this position, many republicans in the position of saying look, i don't like obama care. i just don't think this is the
but i don't think we can overstate how -- what kind of a defining moment this is for speaker boehner. it really is. because he's got some tough decisions to make about how he's going to lead this caucus or how he's going to step back and let the caucus lead him. >> they were going for the republicans, this was not something that he wanted to do with a coalition. he's had a lot of defining moments with this caucus. >> let's talk about a bipartisan coalition. so you will a'll have tea...
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they had some harsh words for speaker boehner. >> surprise, surprise. listen to what the chairman of the house democratic caucus said just a short time ago. >> i have just been informed that earlier this morning, speaker boehner respond to do a reporter's question about the fact that the votes exist to pass a clean budget and we could reopen the doors to government and put americans back to work and my understanding is eloquent response was doo doo. >> doo doo. >> you're the reporter who asked that question of the house speaker. tell me what you heard. >> i didn't hear doo doo. i heard speaker boehner humming something. it might have been dah, dah, dah or dah, dah, dah. i didn't here doo doo but the bottom line he didn't want to answer the question. the speaker walked by here a few minutes ago. i asked him, no chance on a vote on this clean spending bill and he ignored me and looked at me and kept going. we have heard from other house republicans that in their conference meeting this morning, the speaker made clear there is not a vote on this. his point
they had some harsh words for speaker boehner. >> surprise, surprise. listen to what the chairman of the house democratic caucus said just a short time ago. >> i have just been informed that earlier this morning, speaker boehner respond to do a reporter's question about the fact that the votes exist to pass a clean budget and we could reopen the doors to government and put americans back to work and my understanding is eloquent response was doo doo. >> doo doo. >> you're...
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boehner face to face. the president and the speaker trying again in person to stave off that fiscal cliff. >>> susan rice, out of the running. the president's u.n. ambassador, gives up on the hopes to be the next secretary of state. good morning, welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. zoraida is off this morning. >> i'm john berman. 6:00 a.m. in the east. >>> we do have breaking news. a major step by the united states concerning the fight against syria. we learned overnight that leon panetta signed an order sending two patriot missile batteries to turk turkey to assist. this was expected as the civil war in syria continues. 400 u.s. troops will be deployed to operate these missile batteries. just over the border from syria. nick payton walsh joins us from beirut. what is the latest? >> precisely where the batteries are going to be. hundreds of u.s. troops there to assist in the operation. two from the united states, germany expected shortly to approve two battery of its own with hundreds of german
boehner face to face. the president and the speaker trying again in person to stave off that fiscal cliff. >>> susan rice, out of the running. the president's u.n. ambassador, gives up on the hopes to be the next secretary of state. good morning, welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. zoraida is off this morning. >> i'm john berman. 6:00 a.m. in the east. >>> we do have breaking news. a major step by the united states concerning the fight against...
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now speaker boehner has to compromise with us. he would love to compromise between republicans and democrats. speaker pelosi didn't compromise and she's not in the mood for compromising now. i tweeted out today that we started off wanting to do with health care was take care of problems, pre-existing conditions and portability. we said in a sense, this has been said by hillary clinton, it's been said by john kerry, one after another famous politicians, senator kennedy, late senator kennedy said the american people should have the same health care the president, the vice president, members of congress and the senators and every federal employee has. instead of giving them what we have, we are telling them they have to take a pig and the pope. right now, those exchanges are unknown. when people in the house, myself included feel strongly they should know what they are getting before they are forced to get it, it's not unreasonable. in two days or three days obama care takes effect. no one knows what the plans are going to be. they a
now speaker boehner has to compromise with us. he would love to compromise between republicans and democrats. speaker pelosi didn't compromise and she's not in the mood for compromising now. i tweeted out today that we started off wanting to do with health care was take care of problems, pre-existing conditions and portability. we said in a sense, this has been said by hillary clinton, it's been said by john kerry, one after another famous politicians, senator kennedy, late senator kennedy said...
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speaker boehner and eric cantor say they are with the president. john mccain seems supportive saying a defeat of the bill would be catastrophic. where are you? how would you vote if the vote were today? >> i'm in the middle of hearings. we have had a couple of classified briefings this morning. we have a hearing this afternoon that will be televised. i'm obviously going to wait until i heard all the evidence and the strategy. >> when you're at this hearing today, what do you need to hear from secretaries kerry and hagel and general dempsey? >> what i've waited to hear is why waiting is a good idea for congressional authorization that was not needed. that's what troubles me and many others. they said the targets are still there and we haven't degraded our ability to degrade their ability by waiting. i don't have a military background but it seems strange to me that you can give a regime a signal that you're waiting and obviously they can move things around in ways that make it more difficult to effect these targets. >> weren't many of your fellow re
speaker boehner and eric cantor say they are with the president. john mccain seems supportive saying a defeat of the bill would be catastrophic. where are you? how would you vote if the vote were today? >> i'm in the middle of hearings. we have had a couple of classified briefings this morning. we have a hearing this afternoon that will be televised. i'm obviously going to wait until i heard all the evidence and the strategy. >> when you're at this hearing today, what do you need to...
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so i would echo john boehner's words and say guys, get to it. of course, we had a contest between harry reid today and john boehner on who had the toughest, roughest childhood and heard the saltiest language growing up, whether you heard it in a bar or growing up in ohio or whether you heard it in a small town in nevada growing up amongst brothels. i don't know. we may have to have a throw-down on that one. >> all i can say is please, harry, john, just get out of the sandbox. thanks to both of you. >>> still to come, for the first time in 600 years, talk about tradition, a pope is stepping down. he will keep his name but will be called pope emeritus after he steps down as leader of the roman catholic church on thursday. he's going to change his wardrobe. so much of this is about pomp and circumstance. that's what makes a lot of organized religion. he will no longer be wearing the red shoes, opting for brown and dressing in white. what do the changes mean? it's the pomp and circumstance that can be fascinating. i notice some people may say these
so i would echo john boehner's words and say guys, get to it. of course, we had a contest between harry reid today and john boehner on who had the toughest, roughest childhood and heard the saltiest language growing up, whether you heard it in a bar or growing up in ohio or whether you heard it in a small town in nevada growing up amongst brothels. i don't know. we may have to have a throw-down on that one. >> all i can say is please, harry, john, just get out of the sandbox. thanks to...
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the test will be here for speaker spain speak er boehner. we will continue to talk about not just the demographics, jake, in terms of what the future holds to be a national party to ever get to the white house. they need to do this. also, you talked about conservative or republican principles. john mccain always leads with this. immigration reform, frankly, has been a piece of legislation that has been led by republicans. you look at what reagan did. look what george w. bush did. so if you look at having 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country illegally, that is not a conservative or republican principle. that's what democrats need to continue to talk to the republican counterparts. there are a lot of republican counterparts in the house that are ready to do this. i understand that on sunday jorge ramos, who you already have mentioned, will have as a guest on his show the first republican that is ready to sign on as a co-sponsor to a bill that's in the house, hr-15, a bipartisan bill, that focuses on trying to get to where they can
the test will be here for speaker spain speak er boehner. we will continue to talk about not just the demographics, jake, in terms of what the future holds to be a national party to ever get to the white house. they need to do this. also, you talked about conservative or republican principles. john mccain always leads with this. immigration reform, frankly, has been a piece of legislation that has been led by republicans. you look at what reagan did. look what george w. bush did. so if you look...
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we want to start with house speaker, john boehner. he was saying on wednesday he was optimistic about a deal. >> republicans are committed to continuing to work with the president to come to an agreement to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. optimistic that we can continue to work together to avert this crisis and sooner rather than later. >> very next day, boehner is suddenly grim, talks having accomplished a thing. >> no substantive progress has been made in the talks between the white house and the house over the last two weeks. this is not a game. jobs are on the line. the american economy is on the line. and this is a moment for adult leadership. campaign-style rallies and leaks in the press are not the way to get things done here in washington. >> all right. susan, you're looking at the monitor and looking at his body language. what is it telling you? >> well, he's an intense guy to begin with. but when he's emphasizing a point, you see his eyebrows flash up, a quick little flash. it's a micro-expression. after that. you see his
we want to start with house speaker, john boehner. he was saying on wednesday he was optimistic about a deal. >> republicans are committed to continuing to work with the president to come to an agreement to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. optimistic that we can continue to work together to avert this crisis and sooner rather than later. >> very next day, boehner is suddenly grim, talks having accomplished a thing. >> no substantive progress has been made in the talks between...
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speaker boehner and any lawmaker could know. on september 27th the pentagon sent a memo on who gets hurt in a shutdown. one item reading quote, we won't be able to pay some billing during shutdown. the very first subfor deaths that occur during the shutdown, no death benefits can be paid to any family members until the shutdown ends. on that same day the pentagon's comptroller briefed reporters. >> we would be required to do other bad things to our people. examples, we couldn't pay death gratuities for those who die on active duty during the lapse. >> anyone who is angry now shouldn't be that surprised. as a private charity steps in to fill the gap, lawmakers can go through these doors and blow off steam at the congressional gym because shutdown or not, while hundreds of thousands of americans are furloughed, keeping that gym up and run sg deemed essential, it remains open. there was other developments on ending this mess. dana bash joins us. there is a rare phenomenon on the hill, actual bipartisan talks. what do you know? >> r
speaker boehner and any lawmaker could know. on september 27th the pentagon sent a memo on who gets hurt in a shutdown. one item reading quote, we won't be able to pay some billing during shutdown. the very first subfor deaths that occur during the shutdown, no death benefits can be paid to any family members until the shutdown ends. on that same day the pentagon's comptroller briefed reporters. >> we would be required to do other bad things to our people. examples, we couldn't pay death...
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bypassing house speaker john boehner who had trouble getting his fellow republicans to agree to anything, the president called on senate majority and minority leaders harry reid and mitch mcconnell to work out a deal and then present it to a house. he also laid out a scaled down mini deal if they can't manage it. >> if we don't see an agreement between the two leaders in the senate, i expect a bill to go on the floor, and i have asked senator reid to do this, put a bill on the floor that makes sure that taxes on middle-class families don't go up, that unemployment insurance is still available for 2 million people, and that lays the groundwork then for additional deficit reduction and economic growth steps we can take in the new year. but let's not miss this deadline. >> as for the two senate leaders, they spoke shortly after the meeting and they sounded more hopeful than the president. >> i think it was a positive meeting. there was not a lot of hilarity in the meeting. everyone knows how important it is. it's a very serious meeting and we took an extended period of time, as you all know
bypassing house speaker john boehner who had trouble getting his fellow republicans to agree to anything, the president called on senate majority and minority leaders harry reid and mitch mcconnell to work out a deal and then present it to a house. he also laid out a scaled down mini deal if they can't manage it. >> if we don't see an agreement between the two leaders in the senate, i expect a bill to go on the floor, and i have asked senator reid to do this, put a bill on the floor that...
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you do ee eer boehner who said he wants to be conciliatory. the burden is on the president of the united states and even a bit more so than usual, speaker boehner feels burned by the last time they went down the path. he thought he had a deal with the president. and he thinks the president walked away from it. is this a game of chicken? who blinks first? the president gives up higher taxes on the rich. republicans give up something on the short-term and more on the long-term. that is going to be the dance and the stakes are pretty normous. >> candy, can you see where the president gives up higher taxes on the wealthy? he did get re-elected on this and he's been clear on this issue. this was a major thing that he ran on. yes, and he said if he got a bill that did not include the end of tax hikes for the wealthy, he would veto it. but that was preelection this is post election. you know the pressure i think is on all of them but let's remember the pressure for the president. one of the things that is difficult about a coalition that puts you in
you do ee eer boehner who said he wants to be conciliatory. the burden is on the president of the united states and even a bit more so than usual, speaker boehner feels burned by the last time they went down the path. he thought he had a deal with the president. and he thinks the president walked away from it. is this a game of chicken? who blinks first? the president gives up higher taxes on the rich. republicans give up something on the short-term and more on the long-term. that is going to...
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boehner says it's not perfect but it's doable. boehner's proposal which calls for an immediate $900 billion increase in the debt ceiling now meets his pledge to match any debt ceiling hike with dollar-for-dollar spending cuts. even if the bill passes the house, it still has to face the senate, and senate democrats say the plan has no chance of passing the senate. >>> an awol muslim soldier seen in this file video has been arrested near ft. hood, texas, the scene of a deadly shooting rampage two years ago. in the latest incident the soldier said he wanted to attack troops outside ft. hood. fbi agents found bomb-making materials in his hotel room and jihadi literature in his backpack. i spoke to a gun store employee who tipped off police to this suspect, and i'll have some of that interview for you just a little bit later on also, there will be a live press conference coming up on cnn from ft. hood. we're going to be hearing from the killeen police, the killeen, texas police on the latest on the investigation there and probably a li
boehner says it's not perfect but it's doable. boehner's proposal which calls for an immediate $900 billion increase in the debt ceiling now meets his pledge to match any debt ceiling hike with dollar-for-dollar spending cuts. even if the bill passes the house, it still has to face the senate, and senate democrats say the plan has no chance of passing the senate. >>> an awol muslim soldier seen in this file video has been arrested near ft. hood, texas, the scene of a deadly shooting...
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boehner wants to solve that long term. it looks like he'll have the notes to get it done. >> the doc fix cut a deal with nancy pelosi. >> he did. >> a rare moment of bipartisan. >>> marco rubio continues to be little more of a blip if you look at most of the republican presidential polls. there are a good number of republicans who think he might blink amtd not move on. but here is a statement higher that tells you rubio has every intention of running. his super pac has tapped warn thompkins to take over his super pac that is going to get millions, tens of millions of seed money from norman brandon. i've known warren thompkins for 25 years. he plays tough and he's battle tested. team rubio thinks that sends a message. yes, jeb bush is ahead and scott walker is getting the conservative buzz. they think they are proving they have a candidate with better skills, that's their case, and he can prove he can put a good battle tested team on the field. that's it for "inside politics." thanks for sharing your sunday morning. we'll s
boehner wants to solve that long term. it looks like he'll have the notes to get it done. >> the doc fix cut a deal with nancy pelosi. >> he did. >> a rare moment of bipartisan. >>> marco rubio continues to be little more of a blip if you look at most of the republican presidential polls. there are a good number of republicans who think he might blink amtd not move on. but here is a statement higher that tells you rubio has every intention of running. his super pac...
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john boehner is a devout catholic. he was visibly moved while standing next to the pope from o his speaker's balcony. fewer than 24 hours later, boehner made the surprise move to announce his resignation. shortly thereafter i spoke to houston minority leader nancy pelosi. this was just after the announcement. >> thanks so much for doing this. a tsunami of news friday with speaker boehner announcing that he's stepping down. you have had a long relationship with him. you spoke with him. what did he have to say? >> the whole idea that the speaker is resigning is a sign of the disarray in the republican party. >> i've heard you speak glowingly of him. i've heard you express disappointment as well. are you going to miss him? >> i -- no -- i respect my colleagues. i respect the people who send them here. i respect the fact that their caucus elected them to a leadership position. john boehner is a very fine person. he had his glorious moment with the pope coming this week. he's a devout catholic. we can agree to disagree with
john boehner is a devout catholic. he was visibly moved while standing next to the pope from o his speaker's balcony. fewer than 24 hours later, boehner made the surprise move to announce his resignation. shortly thereafter i spoke to houston minority leader nancy pelosi. this was just after the announcement. >> thanks so much for doing this. a tsunami of news friday with speaker boehner announcing that he's stepping down. you have had a long relationship with him. you spoke with him....
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>> the question is is, what is speaker boehner saying? he really talking about a balanced approach or what he used to talk about and republicans have claimed, which is another round of tax breaks for wealthy people will somehow trickle down, magically boost the economy so much that it will pay for itself and not increase the deficit. we know that doesn't work. and if that's what speaker boehner's talking about, then really, it's not going anywhere. now, if he's talking about what we call genuine budget revenue, that's a different story and if that's the case, i'd love to see his proposal. the president has put his on the table for revenue. let's see speaker boehner's proposal. he wants to do this in the open. let's see it. >> of course, he and the president had a deal and fingers can point all kinds of ways, but that failed. let's hope they can. but who's going to take the lead in negotiations on your side? is it going to be somebody who has been rather polarizing like nancy pelosi or someone else? >> during the talks between the speaker
>> the question is is, what is speaker boehner saying? he really talking about a balanced approach or what he used to talk about and republicans have claimed, which is another round of tax breaks for wealthy people will somehow trickle down, magically boost the economy so much that it will pay for itself and not increase the deficit. we know that doesn't work. and if that's what speaker boehner's talking about, then really, it's not going anywhere. now, if he's talking about what we call...
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i would love to be able to support speaker boehner, leader cantor. i have to have something that transcends election cycles. i can't support it. >> well, over on the democratic-controlled senate side, they are waiting to get a house bill simply so they can vote no on it. then, experts say, the real bargaining could begin on some kind of compromise that both the house and senate might agree on. but now that is on hold. and the stakes keep rising. the dow industrials lost another 62 points today. a lot of ground for us to cover tonight with chief white house correspondent jessica yellin, chief national correspondent john king, host of john king usa and chief political analyst gloria borger. >>> the meetings are happening, if the leadership is still talking because it doesn't seem like another path for, they are still working on trying to build support around us or to figure out some way possibly in order to win over support. the fact of the matter is they have been at this for hours and they have not been able to twist arms to be confident they have th
i would love to be able to support speaker boehner, leader cantor. i have to have something that transcends election cycles. i can't support it. >> well, over on the democratic-controlled senate side, they are waiting to get a house bill simply so they can vote no on it. then, experts say, the real bargaining could begin on some kind of compromise that both the house and senate might agree on. but now that is on hold. and the stakes keep rising. the dow industrials lost another 62 points...
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hear what john boehner is saying about the former president. that's next. >>> plus, donald trump is also responding to new reports that congressman matt gaetz asked for a pardon. we will explain. surfaces erms on more than lysol spray. it's a simple fact: it even kills the covid-19 virus. science supports these simple facts. there's only one true lysol. lysol. what it takes to protect. did you know that febreze air effects uses 100% natural propellant? cheaper aerosols use artificial propellants. that's why febreze works differently. plus, it eliminates odors with a water-based formula and no dyes. for freshness you'll enjoy. why do nearly one million businesses choose stamps.com to mail and ship? no more trips to the post office no more paying full price for postage and great rates from usps and ups mail letters ship packages anytime anywhere for less a lot less get our special tv offer a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/save and never go to the post office again >>> a scathing rebuke of former president donald tr
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president obama and house speaker john boehner haven't budged. yesterday we heard of talk of olive branches and reaching across the aisle. but this evening speaker bonner said this to abc news. >> raising tax rates is unacceptable and frankly couldn't even pass the house. i'm not sure it can pass the senate. >> he could be right about that. he's talking about raising tax rates. jessica yellin reminded us today that the white house has vowed to veto any bill that doesn't extend the bush tax cuts for families making $250,000, less than $250 a year. he's been very explicit. tax rates will be raised for people who make more than that amount of money. so how did the president respond to john boehner's line in the sand? well we haven't heard from him since he returned to washington yesterday. we were told though by the white house this evening he'll make a statement on the fiscal cliff tomorrow but as far as what we know right now the administration says the president has already laid out his plan. it's a plan he says would cut the deficit by $4 trilli
president obama and house speaker john boehner haven't budged. yesterday we heard of talk of olive branches and reaching across the aisle. but this evening speaker bonner said this to abc news. >> raising tax rates is unacceptable and frankly couldn't even pass the house. i'm not sure it can pass the senate. >> he could be right about that. he's talking about raising tax rates. jessica yellin reminded us today that the white house has vowed to veto any bill that doesn't extend the...
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we're now learning that speaker boehner held a press conference at 2:00 with house members, moraning and file members, and according to an aid familiar with that call. speaker boehner said he and other leaders are trying to, working towards a package of trillion dollar spending cuts, basically two votes if you will on the debt ceiling and that he's working towards that, but it's not clear if there is -- if the democrats involved in these negotiations fredericka signed on to it quite yet. one example here is that white house press secretary jay carney again reiterating the president's opposition to any short-term extension. he says as the current situation makes clear, it would be irresponsible to put our critics in the economy to risk a few short months with another battle over the debt ceiling, congress should hear his words and quit playing reckless political games with our economy. seems like it might be a hard sell having two votes on some kind of package. but we know that speaker boehner is pushing forward with something on this, he told the members on the call that he was hopin
we're now learning that speaker boehner held a press conference at 2:00 with house members, moraning and file members, and according to an aid familiar with that call. speaker boehner said he and other leaders are trying to, working towards a package of trillion dollar spending cuts, basically two votes if you will on the debt ceiling and that he's working towards that, but it's not clear if there is -- if the democrats involved in these negotiations fredericka signed on to it quite yet. one...
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we know from sources that the president and speaker boehner did speak yesterday. but i want to point this out, as we're all trying to read the tea leaves on progress, is there progress, is there not progress, we have had no public evidence of progress for sure to date. and my colleague, jessica yellin, got an important note from a source said in the call the president stressed to boehner that rates were going up on the wealthy, and there was no deal without it. that is a major sticking point, ashleigh. you know that. has been all along. and i'll tell you, there's no indication from republicans right now they're moving off their position. they don't think that's the right path to go. they're sticking to their guns so far. as you can see, as we've been saying all along, it appears and we'll see what comes out of these meetings, both sides are staring each other down and doesn't look like they're off the starting blocks yet. >> i have a son in kindergarten, and his teacher is very good at negotiating people who are intransie intransient, maybe they should call her. k
we know from sources that the president and speaker boehner did speak yesterday. but i want to point this out, as we're all trying to read the tea leaves on progress, is there progress, is there not progress, we have had no public evidence of progress for sure to date. and my colleague, jessica yellin, got an important note from a source said in the call the president stressed to boehner that rates were going up on the wealthy, and there was no deal without it. that is a major sticking point,...
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speaker boehner on upper income tax rates. speaker boehner, though, could not get conservative republicans to go along and seemed at a loss on what to do next. >> we can't cut our way to prosperity. we need real economic growth. many of us believe on both sides of the aisle on the fundamental reform of the tax code will help us get our economy moving faster and put more americans back to work. and more americans on the tax rolls. how we get there, god only knows. >> president obama, meantime, seemed to lose patience. no sign he's eager to go off the cliff, but he's also not ready, either, to get in his words, what he'll get for free when the bush tax cuts expire tuesday morning. democratic lawmakers, though, are more willing to let that and everything else happen and both sides are still pointing fingers. take a look at mitch mcconnell and harry reid just this afternoon. >> you'll excuse me if i'm a little frustrated at the situation. >> republican leader finds himself frustrated. >> i say i'm frustrated because we have been a
speaker boehner on upper income tax rates. speaker boehner, though, could not get conservative republicans to go along and seemed at a loss on what to do next. >> we can't cut our way to prosperity. we need real economic growth. many of us believe on both sides of the aisle on the fundamental reform of the tax code will help us get our economy moving faster and put more americans back to work. and more americans on the tax rolls. how we get there, god only knows. >> president obama,...
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as i was watching boehner get very tearful, i was thinking that boehner had a really tough road ahead of him, with all of these issues that were coming up, the question of whether to shut down the government, which is something he did not want to go through again. and there was joe biden sitting on the other side and i thought, there he's just lost a son and now he's thinking about whether he should run for the presidency. you know, two men sitting behind the pope yesterday with lots of important decisions that were clearly going through their minds as they listened to the pope speak to congress. >> critically important decision by the speaker of the house. critically important speech here at the united nations by pope francis. christiane, we're going to hand over our responsibilities right now to anderson cooper and chris cuomo. it's been a pleasure, as usual, working with you. >> it's been an amazing day. we've had history made by the pope as well as a dramatic pope-related resignation of the top of the pinnacle of power in the united states congress. ist been a remarkable and drama
as i was watching boehner get very tearful, i was thinking that boehner had a really tough road ahead of him, with all of these issues that were coming up, the question of whether to shut down the government, which is something he did not want to go through again. and there was joe biden sitting on the other side and i thought, there he's just lost a son and now he's thinking about whether he should run for the presidency. you know, two men sitting behind the pope yesterday with lots of...
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boehner's promised to do it. i can't tell him how to run the house, and he's not trying to tell us how to run the city. he's got to decide when it makes some sense to bring it up. he's committed to get it done. we will get the money, and we'll use it intelligently and recover. >> so there you heard the mayor confident this is going to go through. that's certainly what's expected. >> also, when you look at this new house, when you literally look at this new house, more women, people of color, gays and lesbians in the new congress. these groups make up a majority of the democratic caucus. is there a sense that the new demographics of the house will influence what happens with legislative issues like violence against women act, lgbt rights and the like? >> it certainly makes sense it would. you had a few new members talking about the diversity. minority leader nancy pelosi highlighting it. the most women ever. record number of latinos. this is certainly going to influence the kinds of things the members of congress
boehner's promised to do it. i can't tell him how to run the house, and he's not trying to tell us how to run the city. he's got to decide when it makes some sense to bring it up. he's committed to get it done. we will get the money, and we'll use it intelligently and recover. >> so there you heard the mayor confident this is going to go through. that's certainly what's expected. >> also, when you look at this new house, when you literally look at this new house, more women, people...